Dr Craig G Howes, Palliative Care Provider

13/06/2022

What a special gesture from the son of one of our late patients.

04/06/2022

Thanks so much to the special Fiona Gordon who arranged this increadible cupcake to celebrate the practice's first birthday. I think you'll agree that Kate of Crumbs Custom Cupcakes is pretty extraordinary!

01/06/2022

Today is our 1st anniversary as a practice in its current form. What a privilege to work with such incredible people. To many more happy years together. Happy birthday!

12/05/2022

We are super blessed to have two of the most excellent professional nurses working with us. Happy International Nurses Day to Srs Lee and Karin.

05/05/2022

Happy Eid to those who celebrated the sacred time of patience and fortitude this week.

17/04/2022

Happy Easter to all those who celebrate this spiritual time of renewal.

15/11/2021

Palliative care is not necessarily the end of the road. We can offer so much through the course of your illness.

The World Health Organisation describes Palliative Care as an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problems associated with life-threatening illness like cancer or other life limiting disease.

22/10/2021

Congratulations on passing your exams, Sister Lee! 🥳

12/10/2021

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-10-06-more-than-a-million-children-in-south-africa-need-palliative-care-and-are-denied-it/?fbclid=IwAR3Sv7O8bVsEiy1fHKTbno50OH0V46yYQwtZWbb-2xwexz9-IqnOZHbXMt4

While there are more than 20, but still far too few, government posts for adult palliative care doctors, there is currently only one doctor in the entire country paid by the state to provide children’s palliative care, and that is only for 10 hours a week.

27/09/2021

Y'all feeling academic and needing some palliative learning in your lives? Here's an overview piece which may give you a little more insight into management of total pain and other symptoms

The goal of palliative care is to relieve the suffering of patients and their families by the comprehensive assessment and treatment of physical, psychosocial, and spiritual symptoms experienced by patients. As death approaches, a patient's symptoms may ...

20/09/2021

14/09/2021

Remember that early palliative care in conjunction with interventional care not only improves quality of life but also survival outcomes.

Palliative care professionals can help relieve symptoms and improve people’s quality of life when they have a serious illness. Learn more in this article.